No one:

Absolutely no one:

Melania: please don’t think about me and Epstein together.

was that Melania speech one of Iran’s demands

Biggest Freudian slip from the president today: “to the victim go the spoils”

Yes, we know. You’re a great big baby who is always being wronged by someone. Isn’t it just grand that you’re also the commander in chief?

Things I have dropped under the organ pedals for the first time this week:

1. An AirTag
2. My wallet
3. About half the notes to Matthew Owens’s “This joyful Eastertide”

Surprisingly, though, not a single pencil.

A screenshot of a TikTok comment says “never seen a cybertruck at the library”

Seven-word death punch

Big day for celebrity deaths

Scena di commedia (uno scapino), by Honoré Daumier, 1860, 📸 by Jakub Porzycki

He probably want to militarize the women’s hockey team so he can command them to come to his 2 hour speeches and look uncomfortable for a few minutes

There’s a schedule for the Dow?

Now he’s literally talking about cars

Al Green, wearing a suit, is seen being escorted out of the House chamber while holding still the sign. Photo by Eric Lee for The New York Times.

Representative Al Green of Texas brought a sign that says “BLACK PEOPLE AREN’T APES!” to President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday— a reference to the racist video Trump posted about the Obamas. Green was later walked out of the chamber. Follow updates: nyti.ms/3MwkaTM

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The famous aspect of Bill Clinton's hour-long SOTUs is that they longer they went on, the *larger* the audience became.

This is like a 3am local-access cable TV show. If I were a Polymarket guy, would do a prop bet on audience size one hour from now.

When you have the facts, argue the facts

When you have the policy, argue the policy

When you are literally destroying the country you are supposed to be leading, spend 20 minutes talking about a hockey team

Right after sports, trump is gonna do the weather

Shoutout to whoever decided to sabotage the sound for this speech

This speech has all the charisma of a used car ad

The weird grandpa telling you where he saw low gas prices gets a standing ovation from the Republicans

This hyperbole is barely getting any applause

“This is the golden age of America” says a president who sounds like he normally goes to bed like an hour ago

Update from Megan Mineiro

This democratic counter programming sounds awesome. Is Bad Bunny there too?! www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

Gorgeous singing from Merton College, Oxford, today for an Ash Wednesday Evensong. Psalm 51 in an extended choral setting by James MacMillan. Stunning. Did not know of this work.

If you find Valentine’s Day odious,
Rank, and non-melodious,
The Episcopal Church wishes you
A happy Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius.

Trump did that retweet on Truth Social himself and everyone in the whole fucking country knows it

Accurate information is the enemy of the regime.

Amazing coda here.

MAGA’s War on Empathy This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement.

www.theatlantic.com/app/webview/....

Fountain pen! Fountain pen!

I splurged on an Esterbrook late last year and I don’t hate it. It has brought me much delight in the last few months.

And we will pair it with his scrumptious "O salutaris" at Communion.

He's such a fabulous composer. I hope the choir and I can add "Attende Domine" and the Hymne à la Vierge before the anniversary year is out.

Music from St. Peter's: Tu es Petrus - Pierre Villette YouTube video by St. Peter's Episcopal Church

Tremendously excited about marking the 100th anniversary of French composer Pierre Villette in worship this Sunday at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, St. Louis.

We will sing one of my favorites (a certified *bangeur*): his sublime "Tu es Petrus".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbuA...